“This virus is a real threat to the global supply of chocolate,” Benito Chen-Charpentier, a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington, who authored the disheartening study published recently in the journal PLoS One, said in a statement.

A virus from mealybugs are threatening chocolate supply by infecting cacao trees - however, scientists have created a way to protect the trees from swollen shoot virus while keeping the costs low

The cacao swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) is wreaking havoc on cacao trees in Ghana, posing a serious threat to the world’s chocolate.

A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world’s most popular treat. About 50% of